Yikes!

A New Jersey University cuts budget, staff, to "eliminate somewhere between 35-40 faculty positions, representing about 25% of its full-time faculty." www.forbes.com/sites/michae...

I'm joining Sean Johnson Andrews to talk about AI, higher ed, and more. Livestream starts shortly: www.youtube.com/@BreakingCul...

Very excited to see a new book by two friends, Trent Hergenrader and Stephen Slota, who kindly let me introduce it. A fine book for teaching and imagination.

Good morning:

Doing my macroeconomic trends report gets more depressing every month:

Bloomberg just now on the Dems and shutdown:

It's 2025 and we still haven't solved conference hotel WiFi:

A cyberattack just took my city's K-12 schools offline: www.fox5dc.com/news/cyberat...

"Climate change ‘is the new liberal arts’: Colleges build environmental lessons into degrees" hechingerreport.org/climate-chan...

Kudos to Southwest Airlines for getting me to my destination without fail. What a relief.

I'm going to bed early for tomorrow's 6 am flight. The plan is to reach the airport by 3 am to be there early in case of chaos.

What is a caring university and how might we design one? Here's our full conversation w/ professor Kevin R. McClure: youtu.be/tRSeDQSZijc?...

Cornell's Trump deal: my summary and notes, bryanalexander.org/politics/cor...

Has anyone publicized such a list, at least on Tiktok?

And another:

Here's one way of putting it:

Cornell agrees to a deal with the Trump administration: www.chronicle.com/article/corn...

Good morning, all. Just wanted to brag about scheduling Future Trends Forum sessions out through late February, including luminaries like @catacalypto.bsky.social : forum.futureofeducation.us/upcoming-for...

Best political pun I've seen on the elections: "The Cuomintang government has fled to Staten Island." HT @notjessewalker.bsky.social

I missed that Trump cut back ASL services at the White House: www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

I voted this morning. Nearly nobody else there.

Just your regular reminder that not all universities have massive endowments.

AI, XR, and academia: here's our full conversation with Morehouse College's Muhsinah Morris, Director of Metaverse Programs and Professor of the Practice, youtu.be/MyZe6jBx5gM?...

The latest state of the climate report is called "a planet on the brink": academic.oup.com/bioscience/a... And most of America has decided that if we just don't talk or think about global warming, it'll go away.

I've been posting short videos documenting the Trump administration's campaign against higher ed:

Very good analysis of China as electrostate from @adamtooze.bsky.social : open.substack.com/pub/adamtooz...

Meanwhile, Trump threatens to attack Nigeria:

Spider the cat offers us a paw bouquet:

"Political purges, funding cuts and a growing hostility towards expertise have unsettled the US research community, evoking memories among Chinese-Americans of a dark chapter in history and prompting some to look to China for stability [:]The Cultural Revolution." -new South China Morning Post

Some of my students and I in Halloween spirit.

Good work, Climate Central!

I liked this costume at the gym today:

From our local Nextdoor tonight: (I live in DC area)

Tonight's Unabomber reading:

Now what's this I see in the just-released Johns Hopkins University Press catalog?

Heading to town in my Dumbledore costume.

Another thoughtful future glimpse from @davidstaley8.bsky.social

Not the best thing to wake up to:

My good friend saramin is playing the full soundtrack to The Shining right now on WCBN: wcbn.org

Moody's downgrades Simmons University's credit rating to junk. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

A fascinating report of drone warfare in Myanmar. Similar to Ukraine but some key differences: -rebels are falling behind the government -drone usage weakens some military and gender hierarchies static1.squarespace.com/static/628c9...

Tonight's AI seminar explored AI-human teaming, critiqued AI in terms of labor and democracy, and tested out a website builder.

What might the combination of AI and XR mean for higher education? Join us this Thursday as we host Dr. Muhsinah Morris of Morehouse College to explore. georgetown.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

I have many thoughts about Bill Gates' new statement on climate change. Not sure I'll have time today to write them up in full, but a few to start with: -He's reacting to what's he's hearing publicly and - more importantly - privately, from politicians and donors.

Details of what the Trump administration demanded of UCLA: www.insidehighered.com/news/diversi...

The world is deeply unserious about dealing with climate change. We need to reduce emissions by 50% in 5 years and we're nowhere near that.

In a webinar now with a series of speakers. When the 3rd one started the chat went off. I asked why. Someone responded: to make us focus on the speaker.